Chapter 39

Nova’s pov

Walking to our building with a huge smile on my face, I cleared my throat as I walked past a set of maids who stared at me with a knowing smile on their faces. I held my head high and stepped into our living room, I met Mom in the living room, sitting on a one-seater couch, staring into space with her back to me.

“Mom…” I called, moving towards her with my heels clicking on the floor.

“Novalie dear,” she jolted out of her thought upon hearing me call out to her, she stood up from the couch and grabbed a file from the centre table.

“You okay, mom?” I questioned, staring from her to the file in her hands, with my eyebrows raised.

Mom smiled, flashing me her white sets of teeth. “I have almost forgotten about the file your father asked me to deliver to his office,” she mumbled, running her gaze on my body. As if she was seeing a new version of me.

“You don't look so good. What happened? Didn't you visit the town with his Majesty?” she asked, running her eyes on my body once ag